APPRAISE in a Sentence

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For APPRAISE, below is one of 15 sentences:
Of this mentor young Chichikov speedily appraised the mentality; wherefore he fashioned his behaviour to correspond with it.

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 Meanings and Examples of APPRAISE
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appraise
 v.  estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity
Classic Sentence:
1  He was dark of face, swarthy as a pirate, and his eyes were as bold and black as any pirate's appraising a galleon to be scuttled or a maiden to be ravished.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
2  He stood beside her on the landing, his eyes appraising her carelessly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVI
3  He himself carefully scanned each face, appraising the possibilities of establishing intimacy with each of those present, and the advantages that might accrue.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI
4  In shame she knew that they glanced appraisingly at her snowy overshoes, speculating about her legs.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  Of this mentor young Chichikov speedily appraised the mentality; wherefore he fashioned his behaviour to correspond with it.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
6  In a trice the tchinovniks concerned appraised his spirit and character; with the result that the entire sphere over which he ruled became an agency for the detection of irregularities.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
Example Sentence:
1  An employer should appraise the ability of his employees.
2  Greenpeace has been invited to appraise the environmental costs of such an operation.
3  We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
4  At the end of each teaching practice, trainee teachers are asked to appraise their own performance.
5  It is difficult to appraise the value of old paintings; it is easier to call them priceless.
6  The team appraisal is a logical extension of the individual appraisal interview.
7  The newspaper gave an editorial appraisal of the government's achievements of the past year.
8  What is needed in such cases is a calm appraisal of the situation.
9  An auto damage appraisal firm offering assessments for insurance and private purposes throughout the province.